"The creation of the world did not occur at the beginning of time, it occurs every day." -- Marcel Proust

Friday, March 11, 2005

When I saw the pictures of Abu Ghraib, I said I couldn't believe it, but I meant something a little different.

"I don't need an investigation to tell me that there was no comprehensive or systematic use of inhumane tactics by the American military, because those guys and gals just wouldn't do it," said Senator Jim Talent, a Republican from Missouri. "Everything about the culture and the training in the military and at home works against that. That's why the terrorists are attacking us -- because we're not the kind of society that would do that."